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[Announcement Trailer]

Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSFpQbM0-k

Eight months after the events of the first game, Murray and Eve return for their top-up year at college. It would seem that the strange happenings at their campus have not lessened in their absence. A smashed window of the main entrance is present to welcome them back, followed by an introduction of a mysterious new top-up student whom it would seem it not to be trusted.

From the first introduction to their new term, the happenings only turn stranger. A series of blackouts from a former Reaper victim, a locket that has the ability to read others' minds, an all-new threat to the lives of Murray and his friends, and just what is the premises' new-found connection to these paranormal happenings?



Eve has an uncomfortable meeting with Elisa in the park.


Murray runs through his small-talk topics with Eve before his shift at On£ders.



Features
- Play as multiple characters throughout the game.
- Streamlined Inventory System.
- New Icon-Based Dialogue System
- Fully Voiced and Returning Voice Cast from Absent: The Game (Esme Brand as Eve, Shannon Hayes as Crystal, James Fenton as Murray, etc.)
- New Digital Soundtrack courtesy of returning composer Adam Haynes.
- New walkcycle for Murray(!)


Very excited about getting this project off the ground and delivering you guys another game! I'm looking at a late 2015 release date right now considering the development time of the first game. Stay tuned for further updates to the project, and follow the game's development on Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/fentonfilmgames



---DECEMBER 15TH UPDATE---
Absent II's Kickstarter is LIVE!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fentonfilmgames/absent-ii

£1,600 will be needed to gather our original talent together, and this will be our initial target to ensure that we have a game. Further earnings will be used to enhance the project in the form of artists and animators, and a vocalist to perform a newly written song for the closing credits. Following this, further voiceover and musical talent can also be gathered and the project can be expanded further yet.

Backer rewards include the soundtrack, a copy of the game, a concept art collection, an opportunity for your own image in the game and a personally recorded message from the main cast. See the new video in the link for more details.

The Kickstarter will end on January 4th 2015 22:00GMT.

For more details:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Absent-Absent-II-by-fentonfilmgames/182883021888320



Thank you, everybody!

-Fenton

[Special Features:]

Absent is a story which follows the character of young-adult and college student, Murray Schull. He and his two best friends, Eve and Steve, attend a college in which students are disappearing daily. It's up to them to find out how this is happening, why this is happening, protect their other friends, and to put a stop to it once and for all.

Steve's girlfriend, Crystal, has mysteriously disappeared on her way home from college. But further into the investigation, and through Murray's new-found paranormal visions, Murray realises that whatever caused Crystal's disappearence was not anything from this earth. Alongside his vision, Murray is confronted with puzzles, with friends turning against each other, and all for one reason. The Reaper.

Special Features:
-A point/click, easy to use interface.
-Approximately twenty NPC's to interact with.
-Around forty playable rooms in the whole game.
-A completely original story with original art and characters created by myself. 
-A game so varied, I flipped a three sided coin to choose it's genre!
-Full Voice Acting.
-Full MP3 Soundtrack.
-It's completely free!
-Six Steam Achievements.

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW9yVpP_G4o

Promotional Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0Ypg9aVuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJBCFVCEKO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQEjt-ZvCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmb5oh6tZM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIcVApLnr1A

Originally intended as a three part series released monthly, Absent is now a full length adventure game. The game has been in the works on and off for three and a half years and considering that it's my first full length project, I am very proud of the final result. I've learnt a lot from working on this game and I believe that I know the steps to take and improvements to make in making my future adventure game projects.


UPDATE: Grab it from Steam!


I really hope you all enjoy!

-James from FNGames

Hello there!
I am currently working on Absent: The Game. A contemporary horror/mystery game based around a group of college students.
For more details, here's a trailer!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFV8vfTD1S4
And here's the game's production thread: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=41976.msg628057#msg628057

Anyways, while production is going rather well, there is one area that's holding the whole thing back, and that's the animation.
Aside from most of the voicework and the orchestrations of the music, everything on the project is completely done by myself, which means that some areas of production (such as the animation) remain unfinished, or not looking as polished as they might be able to otherwise, and I'd like to get the game out within the next few months (and I could certainly do so with some help from an animator!)

So yeah, the game is 320x240 resolution, and it's mostly walkcycles that I think I'm having the most trouble with, and they sort of bring the visuals of the game down. (Though there may be other little animation bits that I could use some help with too.)
If anybody is skilled with walkcycles (generally 150-200 pixels high) and wouldn't mind animating some walkcycles for the characters for me for free, that'd be awesome!

Here are some of the characters that would greatly benefit from a more realistic walkcycle:

                               


Drop me a private message if you might be interested. I'll be sure to credit you, of course!

-Fenton

[Absent: The Game]

Absent: The Game

Click here for the trailer!!
http://www.youtube.com/embed/zFV8vfTD1S4

Absent is a story which follows the character of young-adult and college student, Murray Schull. He and his two best friends, Eve and Steve, attend a college in which students are disappearing daily. It's up to them to find out how this is happening, why this is happening, protect their other friends, and to put a stop to it once and for all.

Steve's girlfriend, Crystal, has mysteriously disappeared on her way home from college. But further into the investigation, and through Murray's new-found paranormal visions, Murray realises that whatever caused Crystal's disappearence was not anything from this earth. Alongside his vision, Murray is confronted with puzzles, with friends turning against each other, and all for one reason. The Reaper.


Special Features:
-A point/click, easy to use interface.
-Approximately twenty NPC's to interact with.
-Around forty playable rooms in the whole game.
-A completely original story with original art and characters created by myself. 
-A game so varied, I flipped a three sided coin to choose it's genre!
-Full Voice Acting.
-Full MP3 Soundtrack.
-It's completely free!







UPDATE (25/08/2012):
So, there's a trailer out now! Hope you all enjoy it! I'm aiming for a release this year for the (now) full length adventure game, and the casting is almost complete!


UPDATE (29/09/2013):
Hi all! Hope you're all doing well!
And finally, after all this time, "Absent" will be released within the week! It's been in the works for a very long time and I'm very proud of the final result!
Here's a series of promo videos for the game giving you a new series of samples of the voice actors and newly composed soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raDsUQ7sEto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Teelt_OF14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yItvAqt_9aY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4LVApR8sMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLqQ82mW1I

The game will launch very soon.
Stay tuned!

-Fenton


EDIT: It's here.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1731/

[Absent: Part I - Innocent Until Proven Guilty]

Ok...drumroll please...
...
...no?

Ok, then.

Absent: Part I - Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Absent is a story which follows the character of young-adult and college student, Murray Schull. He and his two best friends, Eve and Steve, attend a college in which students are disappearing daily. It's up to them to find out how this is happening, why this is happening, protect their other friends, and to put a stop to it once and for all.

These series of events began when Crystal, a three month girlfriend of Murray's friend, Steve, disappeared on her way home from college via mysterious means. Over the course of the investigation, however, Murray realises that what stole Steve's girlfriend was not anything of this earth. Murray is haunted by visions, confronted with puzzles, with friends turning against each other, and all for one reason. The Reaper.

Features
-A three part epic-story released in parts over three months.
-A point/click, easy to use interface.
-Approximately ten NPC's to interact with in this first episode alone.
-A completely original story with original art, music and characters created by...yours truly!  
-A game so varied, I flipped a three sided coin to choose it's genre!
-It's completely free!

Here's a couple of screencaps:



And a few notes...
I've been on this forum before under a different username, and I've been trying to create an adventure game since approximately late 2005. After a while, I realised I'd set myself too high, so I took a break for a little while. And I must say...returning to your old work really makes you realise your previous problems.
This series is scheduled for a monthly release for each part, but expect this to vary slightly at times given the potential upcoming busy-ness of my schecule!  

Download Absent 101: Innocent Until Proven Guilty for FREE:
http://shutupload.com/dl/642d4441e884/

Visit the game's page HERE:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1358

Not convinced yet? Watch a short video documenting the individual aspects of the game HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7TbeLGg6Ho

Have fun guys! I've been working on this episode, and bits and pieces of the other two, for the majority of the summer, so it feels good to finally have a game out there that I can call mine.

Enjoy!

-James